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Factory that creates new JAXBContext
instances.
*
* JAXBContextFactory can be located using {@link java.util.ServiceLoader#load(Class)}
*
* @since 9, JAXB 2.3
*/
public interface JAXBContextFactory {
/**
*
* Create a new instance of a {@code JAXBContext} class. * *
* For semantics see {@link javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext#newInstance(Class[], java.util.Map)} * * @param classesToBeBound * List of java classes to be recognized by the new {@link JAXBContext}. * Classes in {@code classesToBeBound} that are in named modules must be in a package * that is {@linkplain java.lang.reflect.Module#isOpen open} to the {@code java.xml.bind} module. * Can be empty, in which case a {@link JAXBContext} that only knows about * spec-defined classes will be returned. * @param properties * provider-specific properties. Can be null, which means the same thing as passing * in an empty map. * * @return * A new instance of a {@code JAXBContext}. * * @throws JAXBException * if an error was encountered while creating the * {@code JAXBContext}, such as (but not limited to): *
* Create a new instance of a {@code JAXBContext} class. * *
* For semantics see {@link javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext#newInstance(String, ClassLoader, java.util.Map)} * *
* The interpretation of properties is up to implementations. Implementations must * throw {@code JAXBException} if it finds properties that it doesn't understand. * * @param contextPath * List of java package names that contain schema derived classes. * Classes in {@code classesToBeBound} that are in named modules must be in a package * that is {@linkplain java.lang.reflect.Module#isOpen open} to the {@code java.xml.bind} module. * @param classLoader * This class loader will be used to locate the implementation classes. * @param properties * provider-specific properties. Can be null, which means the same thing as passing * in an empty map. * * @return a new instance of a {@code JAXBContext} * @throws JAXBException if an error was encountered while creating the * {@code JAXBContext} such as *